Exocoetidae

Flyingfishes

71 species

1. 1Cheilopogon abei Parin, 1996 · Abe's flyingfishocean · tropical
2. 2Cheilopogon agoo (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) · Japanese flyingfishocean · subtropical
3. 3Cheilopogon altipennis (Valenciennes, 1847) · Smallhead flyingfishocean · subtropical
4. 4Cheilopogon arcticeps (Günther, 1866) · White-finned flyingfishocean · tropical
5. 5Cheilopogon atrisignis (Jenkins, 1903) · Glider flyingfishocean · tropical
6. 6Cheilopogon californicus (Cooper, 1863) · California flyingfishocean · subtropical
7. 7Cheilopogon cyanopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) · Margined flyingfishocean · subtropical
8. 8Cheilopogon doederleinii (Steindachner, 1887)ocean · temperate
9. 9Cheilopogon dorsomacula (Fowler, 1944) · Backspot flyingfishocean · tropical
10. 10Cheilopogon exsiliens (Linnaeus, 1771) · Bandwing flyingfishocean · subtropical
11. 11Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill, 1815) · Spotfin flyingfishocean · tropical
12. 12Cheilopogon heterurus (Rafinesque, 1810) · Mediterranean flyingfishocean · subtropical
13. 13Cheilopogon hubbsi (Parin, 1961) · Blotchwing flyingfishocean · subtropical
14. 14Cheilopogon intermedius Parin, 1961 · Intermediate flyingfishocean · tropical
15. 15Cheilopogon japonicus (Franz, 1910)ocean · temperate
16. 16Cheilopogon katoptron (Bleeker, 1865) · Indonesian flyingfishocean · tropical
17. 17Cheilopogon melanocercus (Ogilby, 1885)ocean · subtropical
18. 18Cheilopogon melanurus (Valenciennes, 1847) · Atlantic flyingfishocean · subtropical
19. 19Cheilopogon milleri (Gibbs & Staiger, 1970) · Guinean flyingfishocean · tropical
20. 20Cheilopogon nigricans (Bennett, 1840) · Blacksail flyingfishocean · tropical
21. 21Cheilopogon olgae Parin, 2009ocean · tropical
22. 22Cheilopogon papilio (Clark, 1936) · Butterfly flyingfishocean · tropical
23. 23Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus (Bennett, 1831) · Bennett's flyingfishocean · tropical
24. 24Cheilopogon pitcairnensis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)ocean · tropical
25. 25Cheilopogon rapanouiensis Parin, 1961 · Easter island flyingfishocean · tropical
26. 26Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1865) · Stained flyingfishocean · tropical
27. 27Cheilopogon spilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) · Manyspotted flyingfishocean · tropical
28. 28Cheilopogon suttoni (Whitley & Colefax, 1938) · Sutton's flyingfishocean · tropical
29. 29Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes, 1847) · Limpid-wing flyingfishocean · tropical
30. 30Cheilopogon ventralis (Nichols & Breder, 1935)ocean · tropical
31. 31Cheilopogon xenopterus (Gilbert, 1890) · Whitetip flyingfishocean · tropical
32. 32Cypselurus angusticeps Nichols & Breder, 1935 · Narrowhead flyingfishocean · tropical
33. 33Cypselurus callopterus (Günther, 1866) · Ornamented flyingfishocean · tropical
34. 34Cypselurus comatus (Mitchill, 1815) · Clearwing flyingfishocean · subtropical
35. 35Cypselurus hexazona (Bleeker, 1853) · Darkbar flyingfishocean · tropical
36. 36Cypselurus hiraii Abe, 1953ocean · temperate
37. 37Cypselurus longibarbus (Parin, 1961)ocean · tropical
38. 38Cypselurus naresii (Günther, 1889) · Pharao flyingfishocean · tropical
39. 39Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1865) · Largescale flyingfishocean · tropical
40. 40Cypselurus opisthopus (Bleeker, 1865) · Black-finned flyingfishocean · tropical
41. 41Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847) · Yellow-wing flyingfishocean · tropical
42. 42Cypselurus simus (Valenciennes, 1847) · Short-nosed flyingfishocean · tropical
43. 43Cypselurus starksi Abe, 1953ocean · temperate
44. 44Exocoetus gibbosus Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000 · Oceanic flyingfishocean · tropical
45. 45Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson, 1846 · Barbel flyingfishocean · tropical
46. 46Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther, 1866 · Oceanic two-wing flyingfishocean · subtropical
47. 47Exocoetus peruvianus Parin & Shakhovskoy, 2000ocean · tropical
48. 48Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 · Tropical two-wing flyingfishocean · subtropical · full sheet
49. 49Fodiator acutus (Valenciennes, 1847) · Sharpchin flyingfishbrackish · ocean · tropical
50. 50Fodiator rostratus (Günther, 1866)ocean · tropical
51. 51Hirundichthys affinis (Günther, 1866) · Fourwing flyingfishocean · subtropical
52. 52Hirundichthys albimaculatus (Fowler, 1934) · Whitespot flyingfishocean · tropical
53. 53Hirundichthys coromandelensis (Hornell, 1923) · Coromandel flyingfishocean · tropical
54. 54Hirundichthys ilma (Clarke, 1899)ocean · temperate
55. 55Hirundichthys indicus Shakhovskoy & Parin, 2013ocean · tropical
56. 56Hirundichthys marginatus (Nichols & Breder, 1928) · Banded flyingfishocean · tropical
57. 57Hirundichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1853) · Bony flyingfishocean · tropical
58. 58Hirundichthys rondeletii (Valenciennes, 1847) · Black wing flyingfishocean · subtropical
59. 59Hirundichthys rufipinnis (Valenciennes, 1847) · Redfin flyingfishocean · subtropical
60. 60Hirundichthys socotranus (Steindachner, 1902)ocean · tropical
61. 61Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes, 1847) · Mirrorwing flyingfishocean · tropical
62. 62Hirundichthys volador (Jordan, 1884) · Atlantic blackwing flyingfishocean · subtropical
63. 63Parexocoetus brachypterus (Richardson, 1846) · Sailfin flyingfishocean · subtropical
64. 64Parexocoetus hillianus (Gosse, 1851) · Flyingfishocean · tropical
65. 65Parexocoetus mento (Valenciennes, 1847) · African sailfin flyingfishocean · tropical
66. 66Prognichthys brevipinnis (Valenciennes, 1847) · Shortfin flyingfishocean · tropical
67. 67Prognichthys gibbifrons (Valenciennes, 1847) · Bluntnose flyingfishocean · tropical
68. 68Prognichthys glaphyrae Parin, 1999 · Gyre flyingfishocean · subtropical
69. 69Prognichthys occidentalis Parin, 1999ocean · tropical
70. 70Prognichthys sealei Abe, 1955 · Sailor flyingfishocean · tropical
71. 71Prognichthys tringa Breder, 1928 · Tringa flyingfishocean · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.